Martial Arts Breaking Tricks Exposed-Michael Kinney
Many Martial Artists use trickery to impress audiences with their “expertise”. This Video Clip from Michael Kinney’s television program explains how some of these illusions of strength, skill, and power really aren’t what they appear to be. We invite you to visit our website at: www.kinneykarate.com thanks for watching!
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well fight science have shown that there is no domino effect in breaking multiple blocks, same force haev to be applied to break each of them
Sure, there is a bit of “showbiz” in some of these breaks. But I think that if some of the technics gets kids interested in the martial arts, it is far better than playing video games endlessly.
great vid… and i applaud your courage to wear pink
not alot of guys have that kind of confidence
I wouldn’t necessarily say that the karate schools out there are more ‘corrupt’ than the others. It’s just that the techniques have become watered down in many schools and instructors in a very short span of time. Go back 30 years, and they trained much harder, and much more traditionally. Sadly, there are many of those taught in the old way who have softened their training and made a business out of it, giving belts and ranks so long as students pay their dues. Now that’s garbage.
Agreed… I’ve heard that smashing a coconut is comparable to smashing a human skull. Mas Oyama used to do incredibly powerful blows like this in bullfights, striking the skull and killing the bull. Of course, he also got gored once, but the point still stands.
Great stuff, a friend told me that a High Ranking Karateka, said..sometimes the fingers break, sometimes the board breaks.
Ossu!
i dont really like karate, it’s not a true martial, more of a westernized self defense. i do tkd, but there is no trick. the wooden boards however definately arent plywood. ne1 could do it but there IS technique to it. dont hit and snap back, you have to go all the way through. if u do it correctly, you feel NO PAIN. i feel like i hit the air wen i do it rite. but if u mess up and dont break it… it hurts like a mother!!!
this sounds plausible. However, I think its fair to expect a demonstration, not just an explanation. the Amazing Randi does it all the time.
over generalisations like this just create myths of their own.
not everyone can break real stuffs, but not all breakings are scams.
some may look harder or more dramatic than they need to be, but they are not really easy either. don’t try them at home. otherwise you might break something.
The best iron palm training is taking your training partner and punching him in the face, until he asks you to stop, or his eyes roll around all funny and he falls down. At that point pretty much everyone can see how little it really takes to knock someone out or hurt them. I’d invite anyone watching this to grab a coconut or a red brick and give it the old kiyah! I bet your little metacarpels, carpels, or radius/ulna break before the materials do. If it’s parlor tricks go try it for yourself!
Great job I used to practice karate as a child but then I realized the guy was a scam and now I’m mainly focused around northern mantis KF and Jeet kune do along with little bits and pieces from practically every other martial art around lol. Karate is a great system but has become greatly corrupted. I’m glad you exposed this. Glad to see there are still many noble martial artists out their.
Yes, cheap pine is usually used. Some very easy to break and some more difficult. The vertical cut makes the board easier with the grain (5-8″) A dry board (baked or sun dried) is much easier than a wet board. Many use imported ‘breaking wood’ from Martial Arts suppliers. These are composites and are very easy to break. They come in 1/4″, 1/2″ and 3/4″ thicknesses.
thank you, you are correct.
Tell the people how it is cheap pine and not oak. There are tricks to these stunts and that is exactly what they are stunts and should be stated as such instead of trying to mislead people. The video I believe is only trying to make that point. It is time to put an end to these fakes and phonies that only mislead and undermine the martial arts.
cinder blocks are minute pieces of concrete mixed with air, held together with a very light bonding agent. cinderblocks ‘breathe’and the looseness of the material makes it a perfect building material when the blocks are concreted together-filled after with concrete, or steel rods.
Thanks for your comment.
I guess I can see that this is a rather Broad statement. I guess I would have liked you to state how SOME people break massive amounts of things rather than it seeming you are talking about everyone. My teachers theory has always been if you need spacers or to bake boards ( or prestrike to weaken) Then you have no business trying them. I have moved to cement and it is no easy thing.. But also I use no spacers or anything I break as much as I can without any help.
I’m not really sure about the whole “held together by air” thing, I’m pretty sure the blocks are held together by whatever they’re made out of which seems to be concrete.
The opening comment were generalized for a short television segment. I gave specific examples with the videos. You shouldn’t need spacers with boards, but it depends on how ‘cured’ the boards are, or how they are ‘cut’. Some people ‘bake’ boards and cinderblocks before attempting to break them. People brake ice blocks that have developed interior cracks when exposed to room temperature. Some of the best breakers don’t always break the object they have broken many times before.
… He starts out talking about people breaking with their head fists and so on… And shows a clip of someone breaking on a bed of nails… Yes the thing about them all being the same height does effect it.. its called surface area simple as that… Again arrows Still not what he started out talking about… I broke cement with my foot and attemted forearm tonight it is not easy like he is saying. When I break boards I dont use spacers but I am only breaking 5 at a time so IDK
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Yayyy! Thank you for this and any other debunking you can show.
Exactly, not watching some guy break something.
LOL, it is really a GI top make in the Phillipines. It came in a bunch of colors and this one actually is a ‘purple’ tye die.
Somehow from duplication, the color looks pink. It was actually very stylish in the 80’s (filmed in 1986) when they were available. In Florida, we liked these uniforms because they were very lightweight and comfortable. These were the first MA Gi’s that had a pocket in the pants.
Note, I am not afraid to wear pink, but agree it looks strange in 2007.
This guy is wearing a female blouse!!
Actually, learning how to do things the right way is a good reason to go to a seminar.